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A literature class, "Basic Poetics," taught by Allen Ginsberg at The Naropa Institue April 3, 1980. Ginsberg begins by discussing the prosody of Ezra Pound's Pisan Cantos, reading #80 in full, then segues into the bulk of the lecture centered around the prosody of English poet Ben Jonson. This is class 20 of 33.
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Mananmellon
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May 15, 2022
Subject: Picture, melody and rhythm
Subject: Picture, melody and rhythm
Whatever you think of his rambling patterns there’s no doubt he deep dives on meter quite well.
Interesting as historical document of the man and his times, and introduction to aspects of meter and melody in poetry. Also his singing isn’t bad. some of his allusions and comments would be questionable in the present era but no great surprise there I guess. I enjoyed it.
Interesting as historical document of the man and his times, and introduction to aspects of meter and melody in poetry. Also his singing isn’t bad. some of his allusions and comments would be questionable in the present era but no great surprise there I guess. I enjoyed it.
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May 8, 2016
Subject: More Rambling Metric Analysis
Subject: More Rambling Metric Analysis
Well Recorded. More rambling metric analysis here. This may be of interest to those studying meter.
